June 13, 2013 Podcast: How female bodybuilders
can minimize metabolic damage, how to recover faster after a
marathon, how much wine can you drink without getting fat, what
beer is the healthiest, is fluoride bad, what should blood glucose
be during exercise, how to stop MRSA, natural remedies for grey
hair, and underwater swim audio workouts.

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Listener Q&A:

Aja says @ 00:24:49 She is getting ready to
compete in a body building competition, bikini division. The prep
is pretty extreme so she wants to minimize the damage to her body.
She usually likes to go the holistic route but wants to know if you
think BCAAs are harmful or helpful. Are there other supplements she
should be taking?

Avi says @ 00:34:11 He did back to back
marathons. The first one he kept his heart rate in his "recovery
zone" (10 beats below his MAF). The second one he just ran
"comfortably" (without a HRM). He has recovered very quickly (by
Wednesday he felt like he could run again). He feels like he has
recovered better from this double marathon than he has from his
previous harder efforts. Why was he able to recover so quickly?

Jenny says @ 00:41:26 How much wine do you
think is healthy, safe and ok for managing weight? She weighs
120lbs and is 5'6" and would like to know how much wine is ok to
have in any given week? What is a good guideline?

Rob says @ 00:48:46 He is currently drinking a
"spotted cow" ale and is wondering if you, Ben, drink any sort of
beer at all? He understands that it is not the greatest for you but
there are a bunch of running events that have beer associated with
it in one way or another. Can it be all bad?

Jose says @ 00:57:59 He has very dry knuckles,
skin around his scalp and eyebrows. It comes and goes but when it
comes he gets big flakes coming off his scalp, very dry skin on his
hands and red blotches around his eyebrows. He heard on a podcast
that the fluoride in water can be very hard on the skin. Is there
anything he can do with supplementation or diet to help control
this? ~ In my response, I recommend Dr.
Minkoff's metal-free and also the podcast Jessa and I did on
the Flouride Deception.

Kyle says @ 01:04:49 He tested his blood
glucose prior to a 45 minute run and it was 88mg/dL. The average
during the run was 98mg/dL. He is wondering if there is an optimal
blood glucose level for running? If so, how would he go about
finding his? He would like to experiment with different food and
fueling at 5k to half marathon pace. Any suggestions?

Yessica says @ 01:12:56 Her daughter has MRSA
and a fungal growth (due to excessive antibiotics) in her ear. She
was very happy to stumble across your website with all the natural
remedies. Do you have any further recommendations?

Todd says @ 01:18:19 He is wondering, along the
same lines as the very popular "hair loss" episode on the iTunes
album, what would you recommend to reduce or slow down grey hair?
~ In my response, I mention
Ocean's Alive phytoplankton.

Davynavy says @ 01:25:01 He has underwater
headphones that he likes to use while swimming and was wondering if
Ben might create some swim coaching audio?

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